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Tennessee
Tennessee , state in the south-central United States. It is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia (N), North Carolina (E), Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi (S), and, across the Mississippi R., Arkansas and Missouri (W). Facts and Figures Area, 42,244 sq mi (109,412 sq km). Pop. (2000) 5,689,283, a... Read more |
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Samuel Powhatan Carter
Samuel Powhatan Carter , 1819-91, American naval officer and Union general in the Civil War, b. Elizabethton, Tenn., grad. Annapolis, 1846. In the Civil War he was transferred from the navy to the War Dept., sent to organize Union troops in East Tennessee, made brigadier general of volunteers (May,... Read more |
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Gideon Johnson Pillow
Gideon Johnson Pillow 1806-78, American general, b. Williamson co., Tenn. In the Mexican War he was appointed brigadier general of Tennessee volunteers by his former law partner, President James K. Polk. He took part in the battles leading to the surrender of Mexico City and was made a major... Read more |
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
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James Birdseye McPherson
James Birdseye McPherson 1828-64, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Sandusky co., Ohio. After teaching (1853-54) at West Point, he worked on various engineering projects. In the Civil War, he became aide-de-camp to General Halleck in Missouri and then chief engineer to Ulysses S. Grant in... Read more |
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Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler 1836-1906, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Augusta, Ga. He resigned from the U.S. army in Apr., 1861, to fight for the Confederacy. He commanded a regiment at Shiloh (Apr., 1862) and became chief of cavalry in the Army of Tennessee (Oct.). Wheeler took part in... Read more |
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Don Carlos Buell
Don Carlos Buell 1818-98, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Marietta, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1841. Buell was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War (May, 1861), helped organize the Army of the Potomac, and took command of the Dept. of Ohio (Nov., 1861). He supported... Read more |
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Sand Creek
Sand Creek Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers. The Cheyennes, led by their chief, Black Kettle , had offered to make peace and, at the suggestion of military personnel, had encamped at Sand Creek near Fort Lyon while awaiting... Read more |
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Hank Paulson
Hank Paulson 1946– Chairman and chief executive officer, Goldman, Sachs & Company Nationality: American. Born: March 28, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. Education: Dartmouth College, BA, 1968; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1970. Family: Son of a wholesale jewelery... Read more |
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Corrections Corp. of America
Corrections Corporation of America 10 Burton Hills BoulevardNashville, Tennessee 37215U.S.A.(615) 263-3000Fax: (615) 269-8635 Public Companyincorporated: 1983Employees: 7,410Sales: $462.2 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 8744 Facilities Support Services Celebrating its 15th... Read more |
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